Pine Honey

Pine honey is one of the great secrets of the Mediterranean pantry — a dark, resinous, mineral-rich honey almost unknown outside Greece, where it accounts for roughly two-thirds of the country's honey production. If you have only ever tried floral honeys, the first taste of a proper pine honey is a small revelation.The honey isn't…Pine honey is one of the great secrets of the Mediterranean pantry — a dark, resinous, mineral-rich honey almost unknown outside Greece, where it accounts for roughly two-thirds of the country's honey production. If you have only ever tried floral honeys, the first taste of a proper pine honey is a small revelation.The honey isn't made from pine flowers — pines don't produce nectar in the usual way. Instead, bees collect the honeydew produced by tiny insects (Marchalina hellenica) that live on the pines of Attica, Evia and the northern Aegean forests. The result is a honey that's less sweet than floral varieties, darker in colour, and remarkably…Read more